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Additional Reading
Informative histories of cricket include Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket (1999); Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb, History of Cricket (2006); John Major, More than a Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years (2007); H.S. Altham and E.W. Swanton, A History of Cricket, 2 vol. (1963); Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of Its Growth and Development Throughout the World (1970); E.W. Swanton (general ed.), Barclays World of Cricket: The Game from A–Z, new ed., rev. by George Plumptre (1986); and Jack Pollard, Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players (1982).
Illustrated histories include Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Cricket, a Way of Life: The Cricketer Illustrated History of Cricket (1984); David Frith and Martin Tyler (eds.), The Illustrated History of Test Cricket, 3rd ed. (1979); and Eric Midwinter, The Illustrated History of County Cricket (1992).
Other more-specialized histories include Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, rev. ed. (2002); Michael Manley with Donna Symmonds, History of West Indies Cricket, rev. and expanded (2002); Chris Harte with Bernard Whimpress, The Penguin History of Australian Cricket (2008); Lateef Jafri, History of Pakistan Test Cricket (2003); Tony Crozier, Wisden History of the Cricket World Cup (2006); and Gerald Brodribb, The Lost Art: A History of Underarm Bowling (1997).
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (annual); Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn, and Peter Wynne-Thomas, Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-Class Cricket in England with Full Career Records (1984); Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who’s Who of Test Cricketers, rev. ed. (1987); The Cricketers’ Who’s Who (annual, 1987– ); Bill Frindall (compiler and ed.), The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (1986), and The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, 3 vol., 5th rev. ed. (2000); Steven Lynch (ed.) The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 2000–2009 (2010); and Bill Frindall and Victor H. Isaacs (compilers), The Wisden Book of One-Day International Cricket, 1971–1985 (1985), can be consulted for records, scores, and statistics
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Article History
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| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Origins - Cricket without Boundaries: The Story of a Global Game. | Sep 19, 2026 | ||
| Added update about cricket returning to the Olympics in 2028. | Jul 17, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Relationship between cricket participation, health and well-being: scoping review protocol. | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Royal Society Open Science - Individual and team performance in cricket. | Oct 21, 2024 | ||
| Changed “Port Elizabeth” to “Gqeberha” throughout. | Oct 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Olympic Committee - Cricket. | Aug 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Curious but confused about cricket? Here are the basic rules and how to play. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Revised the article to include an interactive photograph and recent updates. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Cricket - Introduction. | May 16, 2023 | ||
| Fixed typo in photo caption. | May 05, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 30, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 19, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 12, 2020 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic UK - The History of Cricket. | Jan 03, 2019 | ||
| Deleted photograph. | Mar 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The International Cricket Hall of Fame - The Game of Cricket. | Jul 02, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Cricket - Evolution of the Game. | Jun 11, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 25, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Cricket. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Cricket. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| In Play of the game section, updated description of cricket attire. | Mar 15, 2013 | ||
| In History section, added mentions of modern ball weight, the creation of the Clydesdale Bank 40, and the end of Zimbabwe's self-imposed Test cricket exile in 2011. | Mar 15, 2013 | ||
| In the Methods of dismissal section, added that a batsman is also "bowled out" when he hits the ball into his own wicket. |
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Jan 07, 2013 | |
| Bibliography thoroughly revised. | May 15, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - History of Cricket. | Sep 26, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | May 05, 2011 | ||
| Added mention of India winning 2011 Cricket World Cup. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| New sections added describing the national cricketing histories of Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa,, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe. | Feb 14, 2011 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Jun 22, 2010 | ||
| Added information on Twenty20 style of cricket. | Mar 27, 2009 | ||
| Table moved to end of article. | Mar 27, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine - Futurism. | Apr 04, 2008 | ||
| Table added. | Aug 28, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: TATE - Futurism. | Feb 04, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 02, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 21, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | May 11, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 17, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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